Rod & Wendy absolutely
blew us away with their
Kitty Cab Company Fiat
650 Taxi (Photo below)!
This little Fiat Taxi was
gorgeous in pearlescent
yellow and white. Wendy
designed the Kitty Cab
Company logo (and
the "Almost Cheaper than
Walking" slogan which I
had suggested from the
Peel Trident advertising
materials in the 60's).
And all of these raves are
coming from a guy (me) who
really prefers stock
original cars.
We had over 200 guests,
and around 80 cars on the
show field not counting
our own cars which were
still back at the house.
We had a huge turnout at
the public exhibit and we
had fabulous weather
throughout the weekend.
This Mercedes Unimog
hauler was incredible as
the rear wheels are lifted
and then extend outward,
to enable the bed platform
to "kneel down" to allow
the cars to drive up the
ramp.
The food was amazing, and
the friends and
participants were even
better! We had relatively
few mechanical failures
until Sunday night just
after dark, when the cars
started dropping like
flies. Out of a late-night
parade of seven cars,
five dropped out with
several mechanical
problems ranging from a
dead battery (Jeff's KR
200) to two flat tyres
(Mini Panel Van & Fiat
Giardinera), to a
split water hose (Renault
Dauphine) to out of gas
(Metropolitan). But we did
some creative McGyver type
repairs, and some really
creative trailer loading
and got everyone home and
running by midnight!
The repairs and retrievals
are some of our favorite
times together, followed
by some "bench racing"
over Margaritas, which
were especially fine this
weekend thanks to the
amazing two stroke
margarita blender
presented to me by
Faith Lamprey and Bruce
Vild from the New England
Mini Owners group. There
is a photo of it in the
web sites referenced
above. This is an actual
Margarita blender with a
two-stroke weed whacker
engine mounted on it to
run the blender. It has
motorcycle grips with a
motorcycle throttle. It
was a real crowd pleaser
as we mixed up the special
blend of Gould's two
stroke formula!
If you missed the Microcar
Classic this year, you
missed a really cool
event. See you all next
year!